J0H vs J2S

Quebec

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for J0H and J2S, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	J0H	J2S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$75,000	$53,200	$84,000	J0H is 41% higher than J2S
Median after-tax income	$66,000	$47,200	$73,000	J0H is 40% higher than J2S
Median age	42.4	47.6	41.6	J0H is 11% lower than J2S
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.1%	10.3%	J0H is 27% lower than J2S
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.7%	18.7%	11.1%	J0H is 48% lower than J2S
Average household size	2.4	1.9	2.4	J0H is 26% higher than J2S

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J0H	J2S
Population	52,946	29,943
Private dwellings	22,956	15,567
Land area	1,954 km²	26 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	J0H	J2S
Grocery store	1 km walk	46%	96%
Public transit	1 km walk	9%	100%
Park	1 km walk	62%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	13%	70%
Child care	1.5 km walk	72%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	57%	94%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	5%	69%
Library	1.5 km walk	13%	27%
Health care	3 km drive	75%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	100%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	J0H	J2S
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	J0H	J2S
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 67 km	Montréal · 55 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	45	21
Reported releases to air	5,310 t	366 t

J0H: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 67 km from J0H. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
J2S: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 55 km from J2S. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

J0H in full · J2S in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.